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As US Readies Sanctions, Iran Threatens to Block Oil Route
Washington - A senior Iranian official on Tuesday delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying his country would retaliate against …
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Republicans Try to Impose Selfishness on American People
Texas Governor Rick Perry. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) In the iconic Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” an angel offers the beleaguered main …
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Occupy the Caucus: Occupy Iowa to Be First in the Nation to Take Action
Occupy Iowa meets in Des Moines. (Photo: Andy Langager / Flickr) Republicans are not alone in preparing for the January 3, Iowa caucuses. Occupy Iowa groups are …
Global Power Relationships Shift as Competition for Resources Intensifies
Mr. Escobar, given your experience in that field, what would you highlight as the most crucial misunderstanding held by the general public related to the so called “War on …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Tax Cut Fight, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news.
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Small Occupy Movements Across the Country Accumulate Victories
An image from Occupy San Francisco. (Photo: Gabriel Saldana / Flickr) In a recent San Francisco Chronicle piece, “Occupy movement must move toward the center,” Tony Fels, …
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A Brainpower Revolution
Washington - This is a moment when policymakers should be thinking big, not small. History will little note nor long remember that the payroll tax holiday was extended for …
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Partisan Shenanigans, Political Nonsense
President Barack Obama spoke out against growing income inequality in the United States at a speech on December 6 in Kansas. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) …
The Irony of Christmastide Concerns Over Middle Eastern Christians
An elderly monk prays at the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, part of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Qosh, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. (Photo: Shiho Fukada …
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Economic Downturn Took a Detour at Capitol Hill
Washington - When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held …